nba most points scored under 28 minutes playoffs single game

Joel Embiid has dropped the most points with fewer than 28 minutes played in a playoff game, with 36 points in Game 3 of the 2021 First Round versus the Wizards.

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NBA most points by a player scored under 28 minutes playoffs single game

	NAME	PTS	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	36	28	5/29/2021	PHI	@	WAS	8	2	3	1	14	18	77.8	3	4	75.0	5	7	71.4	85.4	0	8	2	2	+29
2	Paul George P. George	35	25	8/25/2020	LAC	vs	DAL	3	2	0	0	12	18	66.7	4	8	50.0	7	7	100.0	83.0	1	2	2	4	+23
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	34	23	4/18/2022	GSW	vs	DEN	3	4	1	1	12	17	70.6	5	10	50.0	5	7	71.4	84.7	0	3	2	3	+32
4	Kirk Hinrich K. Hinrich	34	24	4/27/2005	CHI	vs	WAS	2	3	2	0	12	15	80.0	5	5	100.0	5	6	83.3	96.4	1	1	4	4	-4
5	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	34	26	6/5/1993	SEA	@	PHX	2	0	0	0	12	17	70.6	1	1	100.0	9	9	100.0	81.1	1	1	2	6
6	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	34	26	4/2/1963	STL	@	LAL	9	5			15	21	71.4				4	4	100.0	74.7				4
7	Chris Paul C. Paul	32	28	5/5/2014	LAC	@	OKC	2	10	0	0	12	14	85.7	8	9	88.9	0	0		114.3	0	2	2	3	+26
8	Jason Terry J. Terry	32	25	5/8/2011	DAL	vs	LAL	1	4	0	1	11	14	78.6	9	10	90.0	1	2	50.0	107.5	0	1	3	2	+29
9	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	32	26	3/21/1967	BOS	vs	NYK	5	2			14	19	73.7				4	5	80.0	75.5				1
10	Devin Booker D. Booker	31	25	4/19/2022	PHX	vs	NOP	2	1	0	0	12	19	63.2	7	11	63.6	0	0		81.6	1	1	2	3	-6
11	Eddie House E. House	31	28	5/6/2009	BOS	vs	ORL	4	2	1	0	11	14	78.6	4	4	100.0	5	6	83.3	93.1	0	4	2	4	+9
12	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	31	27	3/20/1963	STL	vs	DET	7	4			13	21	61.9				5	8	62.5	63.2				3
13	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	31	25	3/28/1962	BOS	vs	PHI	9	4			10	19	52.6				11	14	78.6	61.6				2
14	Spencer Dinwiddie S. Dinwiddie	30	25	5/15/2022	DAL	@	PHX	3	2	1	1	11	15	73.3	5	7	71.4	3	3	100.0	91.9	0	3	0	0	+29
15	Norman Powell N. Powell	29	24	8/23/2020	TOR	@	BKN	5	1	2	1	9	14	64.3	5	9	55.6	6	6	100.0	87.1	0	5	1	4	+31
16	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	29	27	4/4/1959	BOS	vs	MIN	5	3			8	20	40.0				13	14	92.9	55.4				3
17	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	29	26	3/25/1959	BOS	@	SYR	6				9	21	42.9				11	17	64.7	50.9				6
18	Ty Jerome T. Jerome	28	26	4/20/2025	CLE	vs	MIA	5	3	0	0	10	15	66.7	5	8	62.5	3	5	60.0	81.4	1	4	0	1	+17
19	OG Anunoby	28	28	5/8/2024	NYK	vs	IND	4	3	0	1	10	19	52.6	4	7	57.1	4	6	66.7	64.7	1	3	0	1	+10
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	28	27	5/1/2018	GSW	vs	NOP	7	2	3	0	8	15	53.3	5	10	50.0	7	7	100.0	77.4	0	7	6	2	+26
21	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	28	26	4/16/2018	MIA	@	PHI	7	3	2	0	11	16	68.8	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	71.7	2	5	3	2	+16
22	Nene	28	25	4/23/2017	HOU	@	OKC	10	1	1	0	12	12	100.0	0	0		4	7	57.1	92.8	4	6	1	5	+24
23	Enes Kanter Freedom E. Kanter Freedom	28	26	4/23/2016	OKC	@	DAL	6	0	0	0	12	13	92.3	0	0		4	4	100.0	94.9	2	4	1	4	+6
24	Vince Carter V. Carter	28	27	4/30/2014	DAL	@	SAS	3	2	0	1	10	16	62.5	7	9	77.8	1	2	50.0	82.9	1	2	1	0	+10
25	Andre Miller A. Miller	28	27	4/20/2013	DEN	vs	GSW	3	5	1	0	11	16	68.8	1	1	100.0	5	7	71.4	73.4	1	2	2	1	+5